{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.200/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.200","id":"suttacentral_an4.200","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.200/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, these four things are born. What four? Fondness is born of fondness, hate is born of fondness, fondness is born of hate, and hate is born of hate. And how is fondness born of fondness? It\u2019s when someone likes, loves, and cares for an individual. Others treat them with liking, love, and care. They think: \u2018These others like the individual I like.\u2019 And so fondness for them springs up. That\u2019s how fondness is born of fondness. And how is hate born of fondness? It\u2019s when someone likes, loves, and cares for an individual. Others treat them with disliking, loathing, and detestation. They think: \u2018These others dislike the individual I like.\u2019 And so hate for them springs up. That\u2019s how hate is born of fondness. And how is fondness born of hate? It\u2019s when someone dislikes, loathes, and detests an individual. Others treat them with disliking, loathing, and detestation. They think: \u2018These others dislike the individual I dislike.\u2019 And so fondness for them springs up. That\u2019s how fondness is born of hate. And how is hate born of hate? It\u2019s when someone dislikes, loathes, and detests an individual. Others treat them with liking, love, and care. They think: \u2018These others like the individual I dislike.\u2019 And so hate for them springs up. That\u2019s how hate is born of hate. These are the four things that are born. A time comes when a mendicant \u2026 enters and remains in the first absorption. At that time they have no fondness born of fondness, hate born of fondness, fondness born of hate, or hate born of hate. A time comes when a mendicant \u2026 enters and remains in the second absorption \u2026 third absorption \u2026 fourth absorption. At that time they have no fondness born of fondness, hate born of fondness, fondness born of hate, or hate born of hate. A time comes when a mendicant realizes the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements. At that time any fondness born of fondness, hate born of fondness, fondness born of hate, or hate born of hate is given up, cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future. This is called a mendicant who doesn\u2019t draw close or push back or fume or ignite or burn up. And how does a mendicant draw close? It\u2019s when a mendicant regards form as self, self as having form, form in self, or self in form. They regard feeling as self, self as having feeling, feeling in self, or self in feeling. They regard perception as self, self as having perception, perception in self, or self in perception. They regard choices as self, self as having choices, choices in self, or self in choices. They regard consciousness as self, self as having consciousness, consciousness in self, or self in consciousness. That\u2019s how a mendicant draws close. And how does a mendicant not draw close? It\u2019s when a mendicant doesn\u2019t regard form as self, self as having form, form in self, or self in form. They don\u2019t regard feeling as self, self as having feeling, feeling in self, or self in feeling. They don\u2019t regard perception as self, self as having perception, perception in self, or self in perception. They don\u2019t regard choices as self, self as having choices, choices in self, or self in choices. They don\u2019t regard consciousness as self, self as having consciousness, consciousness in self, or self in consciousness. That\u2019s how a mendicant doesn\u2019t draw close. And how does a mendicant push back? It\u2019s when someone abuses, annoys, or argues with a mendicant, and the mendicant abuses, annoys, or argues back at them. That\u2019s how a mendicant pushes back. And how does a mendicant not push back? It\u2019s when someone abuses, annoys, or argues with a mendicant, and the mendicant doesn\u2019t abuse, annoy, or argue back at them. That\u2019s how a mendicant doesn\u2019t push back. And how does a mendicant fume? When there is the concept \u2018I am\u2019, there are the concepts \u2018I am such\u2019, \u2018I am thus\u2019, \u2018I am otherwise\u2019; \u2018I am fleeting\u2019, \u2018I am lasting\u2019; \u2018mine\u2019, \u2018such is mine\u2019, \u2018thus is mine\u2019, \u2018otherwise is mine\u2019; \u2018also mine\u2019, \u2018such is also mine\u2019, \u2018thus is also mine\u2019, \u2018otherwise is also mine\u2019; \u2018I will be\u2019, \u2018I will be such\u2019, \u2018I will be thus\u2019, \u2018I will be otherwise\u2019. That\u2019s how a mendicant fumes. And how does a mendicant not fume? When there is no concept \u2018I am\u2019, there are no concepts \u2018I am such\u2019, \u2018I am thus\u2019, \u2018I am otherwise\u2019; \u2018I am fleeting\u2019, \u2018I am lasting\u2019; \u2018mine\u2019, \u2018such is mine\u2019, \u2018thus is mine\u2019, \u2018otherwise is mine\u2019; \u2018also mine\u2019, \u2018such is also mine\u2019, \u2018thus is also mine\u2019, \u2018otherwise is also mine\u2019; \u2018I will be\u2019, \u2018I will be such\u2019, \u2018I will be thus\u2019, \u2018I will be otherwise\u2019. That\u2019s how a mendicant doesn\u2019t fume. And how is a mendicant ignited? When there is the concept \u2018I am because of this\u2019, there are the concepts \u2018I am such because of this\u2019, \u2018I am thus because of this\u2019, \u2018I am otherwise because of this\u2019; \u2018I am fleeting because of this\u2019, \u2018I am lasting because of this\u2019; \u2018mine because of this\u2019, \u2018such is mine because of this\u2019, \u2018thus is mine because of this\u2019, \u2018otherwise is mine because of this\u2019; \u2018also mine because of this\u2019, \u2018such is also mine because of this\u2019, \u2018thus is also mine because of this\u2019, \u2018otherwise is also mine because of this\u2019; \u2018I will be because of this\u2019, \u2018I will be such because of this\u2019, \u2018I will be thus because of this\u2019, \u2018I will be otherwise because of this\u2019. That\u2019s how a mendicant is ignited. And how is a mendicant not ignited? When there is no concept \u2018I am because of this\u2019, there are no concepts \u2018I am such because of this\u2019, \u2018I am thus because of this\u2019, \u2018I am otherwise because of this\u2019; \u2018I am fleeting because of this\u2019, \u2018I am lasting because of this\u2019; \u2018mine because of this\u2019, \u2018such is mine because of this\u2019, \u2018thus is mine because of this\u2019, \u2018otherwise is mine because of this\u2019; \u2018also mine because of this\u2019, \u2018such is also mine because of this\u2019, \u2018thus is also mine because of this\u2019, \u2018otherwise is also mine because of this\u2019; \u2018I will be because of this\u2019, \u2018I will be such because of this\u2019, \u2018I will be thus because of this\u2019, \u2018I will be otherwise because of this\u2019. That\u2019s how a mendicant is not ignited. And how does a mendicant burn up? It\u2019s when a mendicant hasn\u2019t given up the conceit \u2018I am\u2019, cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it\u2019s unable to arise in the future. That\u2019s how a mendicant is burned up. And how does a mendicant not burn up? It\u2019s when a mendicant has given up the conceit \u2018I am\u2019, cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it\u2019s unable to arise in the future. That\u2019s how a mendicant is not burned up.\u201d","title":"Fondness","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":1186}